Sustainable manufacturing – The blunt side of the Cheap Needle.
I came to Finisterre after working as a fashion designer for 5 years in large high street brands. I left the world of fast fashion behind, because I was frustrated at what I saw was an abuse of power, screwing suppliers over for margin gain and throw-away trends. I felt sure things could be done [...]
Screwing Business…
Screwing Business as Usual. I was interviewed for Richard Branson’s book (‘Screw Business as Usual’) some time ago, although not by him. The idea behind the book was to look into how business owners could or were already putting the ‘triple bottom line’ (social, environmental and financial) at the heart of their businesses. To get [...]
getting lost
We don’t like to use his name and he doesn’t like when we do, kind of annoying – but who really cares, because the guy is bloody rad. He’s a pioneer of ours, he goes on some epic trips all over the world, sails, eats fruit and charges when it gets big. He sent us [...]
Get busy living
We see stuff all the time, whether it be a picture, a film, a person or a thing. Sometimes we see them and we forget about them and sometimes we see them and act on them. We got in touch with Andrew, we loved this short, it just made us feel good, it reminded us [...]
You’re on dude…
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” George Washington was a pretty smart dude and if what he says is true, then Mr Bowthorpe has every bit of our confidence. He cycled around the world, paddled the Thames in a boat [...]
Falling in love…
She may have dive records and started ocean conservation trusts, but these aren’t the reasons why people dig her and they’re not the reasons that allow her to do what she does. It’s something much more unquantifiable than that, Hanli Prinsloo is all heart, everyday, 24hrs a day. Below is a little piece on her [...]
The winter prep
Winter swells are going to start pumping soon. Big wave surfers all over the world are packing their stuff, putting their houses up for rent, so they and family can move to the North Shore of Hawaii for the winter. Once they arrive, it’s lean diets, big training sessions and sizing up their tow set-ups. [...]
A ship in harbor is safe…
A ship in harbor is safe – but that is not what ships are for. ~John A. Shedd I think we’re all ships (defo sounds cheesy), yes safe feels good, but I definitely feel that adversity, chance, putting ourselves in risky situations – keeps us alive, maintains our happiness. Mr. Shedd is right, ships weren’t [...]
Commitment…
Commitment is a big word, when I first met Tommy, it was the only word in his vocabulary. To commit to something, to put your name to something, to do it with a ruthlessness, an unwavering level of conviction – it’s a pretty inspiring thing. When we all got together 6 years ago, tents in [...]
Lost and Found
As a passionate natural historian and intrepid crypto-zoologist one of the topics I follow with the upmost interest is the dynamic world of species lost and species found. It is well documented how we are on the verge of, or in the middle of the sixth global mass extinction. With the loss of such animals [...]
